Police: Woman slips out of cuffs, tries to flee DUI Center

April 11, 2011|By Manuel Gamiz Jr., OF THE MORNING CALL

A woman who had just been busted on suspicion of drunk driving in Hanover Township, Northampton County, slipped out of her handcuffs as she was getting booked and tried to flee, punching employees at the Bethlehem DUI Center, police said.

Lori Ray Vliet, 55, of Hanover Township, Northampton County, was arrested after a Colonial Regional police officer saw her drive over a median on Bath Pike near Route 22, and then drive the wrong way on the road at 12:35 a.m. Sunday. The officer dropped her off at the DUI Center to get booked and have her blood drawn on suspicion for drunk driving, police said.

Vliet was able to pull her hand from her handcuffs and tried to leave the center, but employees stopped her. While the employees attempted to restrain her, she punched one of them and swung wildly at the others. Colonial Regional police were called back to the DUI Center.

In addition to drunken driving, Vliet is also being charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, escape, harassment and traffic offenses. She was sent to Northampton County Prison under $10,000 bail.